Flip4Mac taking really long time to load .wmv

[ib4walrus]

I have no idea why but lately all the .wmv videos I have watched have taken an extremely long time to fully load. Before the whole file would load and I would be able to seek throughout the video to any part which I liked. Now however, the video instantaneously pops up but I have to wait for it to load before I am able to seek but I can basically watch the whole video before it fully loads (as if it was streaming).

In the attached picture, the Quicktime seek bar looks like this as I open it.
I have the free version of flip4mac, quicktime and OSX 10.5.8.

 

[deceptichop]

HOLY SH**!!!! I have the EXACT same problem!! It started 60 days ago. I never had this problem before!!!

Does anyone out there have any idea whats going on?

 

[DKatri]

I had a few issues getting flip to work so i just defaulted to VLC instead, works fine everytime.

 

[iMatt312]

Here's the fix

This has been bothering me just over the past few weeks too. I found this as a solution on the flipformac support site - just did it and it works just like it used to. Good luck!

When playing WMV files, playback is jerky and/or I can’t move ahead in the timeline. How can I fix this?
Flip4Mac version 2.3.0.7 introduced a change to the way it loads files. Rather than preloading, the file loads immediately, allowing you to play the video while it finishes loading in the background. This is a considerably slower load time than if it preloads, but allows you to watch the video without delay. This was done to eliminate conflicts with certain applications when encoding. However, for larger files and particularly HD files, it can cause stuttering playback and the inability to skip ahead in the timeline.To change this option, do the following:
Go to System Preferences > Flip4Mac WMV > Player and click the Advanced button
Click the + button and add QuickTime to the list
Reboot QuickTime for the changes to take effect

 

[rjackman]

Thanks dude

 

[nubee]

I just started having this problem today. Glad I found this thread.

Thanks a lot for the fix.

 

[mkwest]

System Preferences > Flip4Mac WMV > Player

thanks iMatt312

does this only apply to QT pro? it is still taking a while for my wmv files to load (it always need to Import it, and I have to wait for the importing). Although following your advice of adding it on System Preferences, it is bit smoother than before (I've been having problem viewing some of my wmv files for a while).